Welcome to the European Association for Cancer Research
Connecting cancer researchers together
Career Masterclass for Early Career Cancer Researchers
Virtual Event : 17 - 18 November 2026
Programme
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Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)
CONFERENCE WELCOME
SESSION 1
Chair: Mariangela Russo
Marta Puyol Scientific Director at the Scientific Foundation of the Spanish Association against Cancer (FC AECC), Spain
'Career options after PhD'
Q&A 13:35-13:50
Giulia Siravegna Harvard Medical School, USA
'Making the transition from academia to industry'
Q&A 14:20-14:35
PROGRAMME BREAK
Session 2
Chair: Mariangela Russo
Anna Truini Medical Director, Thoracic Cancers Europe and Canada
'Different careers in industry - what options are available?'
Q&A 15:20-15:35
PANEL DISCUSSION
Editorial positions
Alfredo Gimenez-Cassina (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden). Alexia-Ileana Zaromytidou (Nature Cancer, USA), Yeliz Yilmaz (FEBS, Germany), Poonam Bheda (EMBO Moledular Medicine and System Biology, Germany)
SUMMARY DAY ONE
Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)
WELCOME TO DAY 2
Session 3
Chair: George Sflomos
Marianna Rapsomaniki CHUV, Switzerland
'Safe and wise use of AI'
Q&A 13:35-13:50
PANEL DISCUSSION
Grants
Alejo Efeyan (CNIO, Spain), Mariona Graupera (Josep Carreras Lekeamia Research Institute, Spain), Alberto Bardelli (IFOM, Italy), Rene Bernards (NKI, Netherlands), Chiara Ambrogio (MBC, Italy)
PROGRAMME BREAK
Session 4
Chair: Matheus Dias
Alexis Barr Imperial College London, UK
'Building teams where everyone can thrive'
Q&A 15:20-15:35
PANEL DISCUSSION
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Mhairi Morris (Loughborough University, UK); Martin Bushell (CRUK Scotland Institute, UK); Syed Mian (Francis Crick Institute, London); Thomas Wells MBE (Weston General Hospital, UK)
SUMMARY AND CLOSE
